Sales Executive (Road Freight)

MIU Consulting; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

MIU Consulting in the Essex area is seeking a driven sales professional for UK & EU road freight solutions. You will own the sales journey from prospecting to closing, build a strong pipeline, and lead meetings and site visits to win new customers while expanding existing accounts. Hybrid work arrangement offered.

You'll benefit from a competitive package with a base salary around £40,000 (negotiable), car allowance and a bonus, in a dynamic international logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Sales experience in Freight/Logistics is required.
• Experience in road freight is preferable.
• Ability to prospector and build opportunities from scratch.
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the sales journey from spotting opportunities through pitching and closing with new customers.
• Build a strong pipeline across UK & EU road freight markets.
• Lead customer meetings, presentations and site visits.
• Represent the business at industry events and exhibitions.

Skills

Sales experience

Freight/Logistics knowledge

Prospecting

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Job description

West Thurrock, Essex

40,000 (negotiable) + car allowance and bonus

Overview:

This large international transport and logistics business is seeking a bright, enthusiastic individual with a passion for sales to join their commercial team.

The role will have responsibility for getting out there to find new customers and re-engage with existing accounts to help grow commercial revenues in their UK & EU Road Freight division.

Access to the Thurrock area would be beneficial but the role could be done on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities of this role:

• Own the sales journey from spotting opportunities through pitching and presenting to launching happy new customers for road freight services.
• Build a strong pipeline across the UK & EU road freight market.
• Lead customer meetings, presentations and site visits.
• Represent the business at industry events and exhibitions.
• Get to the heart of customer challenges and help to design freight and logistics solutions that work in conjunction with the Head of Sales.

The person for this role:

• Ambitious, tenacious and hungry with some pre-existing sales experience in the Freight / Logistics industry. Experience in road freight would be preferable.
• Proven experience in sales and business development and used to interacting with customers to understand their needs and develop solutions that fit.
• Excellent commercial awareness and the confidence to prospect, start new conversations and build opportunities from scratch.
• Engaging communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
• The role could suit someone looking to move from an internal sales role to a field based sales role.